Originally Posted by
DSJR
You lot obviously don't live with these old 'D' series every day and compare them with good contemporary fare. I don't care, I have modern experiences of a good DC300A mk1.5 (just before the mk2 version) and I'm happy with what I hear from it. I go home and put on the D-60's with a smile on my face and then dip into the emotion totally with the NVA's I have here.
I was put off buying a DC300A twenty years ago 'because it's harsh!' Like fegg is it!
Harsh no. Grainy yes.
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